The "brag" thread: Post your recent great finds!

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Got another Lego haul today thanks to my darling wife and her friend who both do charity volunteering work at the Trussel Trust.This lot looks to be from the early 90's onwards, at the moment all the boxes are empty as my wife went through it all to remove a quantity of Knex that was mixed in with the Lego.I do hope that all of the parts for the sets are in the tub as the sorting out will have to wait as I am in the process of redecorating my Lego room and I have had to put the sorting from my last lego buy on hold as well......Have a look at the pic's of the Lego that I got today & my empty Lego room.Our main bedroom looks like it should be on one of them real life hoarding programs on the telly because all my Lego is boxed and stacked up leaving a small bit of room to get to the bed!.Oh BTW this latest lego haul cost me £10.00

I got my #7662 a couple of years ago for £40 but not as good a deal for $15, I got mine from a toy store that had tons of lego and everything was half price, sadly I wasn't too crazy about lego back then but I wish I had liked the batman sets because I could have had the batcave for half price and killer crocs boat for £7.50 I am now kicking myself :(

Two weeks ago I got a MISB Hogwarts Express 4841 for $60 off local craigslist add! About a month ago got a 4841 and 4842 open box both complete w/box and instructions for $140 on local craigslist add. I love my craigslist!!!

I bought a bucket of Legos from a kid through a friend (he knew I liked Legos and his nephew wanted to sell his collection). He wanted $40 for the bucket - I thought it was worth it just for parts. It turned out he had complete sets covering Agents, Exo-Force, Rock Raiders, Atlantis and had the Robin/Penguin sub set and the Indy temple escape as well as some creator sets. The bad part was his mother said he had several Indy sets (including Temple of Doom) that he hated and never even opened. Since they were sealed she took them all to Goodwill. I went hoping to find them, but they were gone.... After I put all the sets together I was so overcome with guilt I went back and gave him another $100.... Still a good deal at though.

My mom bid 36€ on a #6211 Star Destroyer on ebay yesterday and got it! It was more or less an accident that she bid at all so at some point she called me and told me "I think I just got a star destroyer for 36€, can you check please?" because she couldn't believe it. Now let's hope it arrives.

I managed to get my hands on four Lord of the Rings Ringwraiths and two of their horses for £9.50 (and free postage) yesterday from eBay. Pretty good given that most individual figures sell for around £8.00 on Bricklink and eBay without the black horse. Very happy indeed!

Picked up #10152-1 for $115 from a Craigslist ad. Missing just a couple of minor detail pieces I'm sure we have in our bulk. Been watching the price of these so am totally excited to find it at such a great price. No instructions or box, but wouldn't expect them at the price we paid.

Found 2 stray 5749 "Creative Building" boxes at Walmart still priced at $15 (Black Friday Lego deal) 5 days after Thanksgiving. I passed on trying to find it on Black Friday, avoiding the madness. There were 2 on the shelf, One was resealed so I left it behind.

Not exactly a brag, as I didn't actually buy one, but I was mightily surprised to see my local toy shop selling two sealed boxes of #4548 Transformer and Speed Regulator. That set was first released over twenty years ago!

Just found X3 QAR on clearance for $80/each at a local department store. Wife used her new store card and got 15% off on top of 10% off they were running for the day, so it worked out to $61.20 for each one! Now to put them away for a rainy day...this set is WAY too cool not to go up in value!

I went to the Toys R Us by work this week, and saw a city set I had not seen at any other store. It was set #8404, the Transport System. I bought the two they had, which was buy one get one 50% this week. Turns out it is a retired set, (I didn't know this, but you guys probably all do, lol!!) and I was happy to get the two for retail. I plan on building a nice train town, and these will fit in perfectly! They also weren't at the TRU markup, so were at the retail price of $99.99 each.

My mom bid 36€ on a #6211 Star Destroyer on ebay yesterday and got it! It was more or less an accident that she bid at all so at some point she called me and told me "I think I just got a star destroyer for 36€, can you check please?" because she couldn't believe it. Now let's hope it arrives.